Sara
to update contact list so Angela has club CPO contact details –
awaiting response from Tigers and complete information from
Phoenix.

Tigers,
Phoenix, Sara

CHAIRMAN:

Luci Fabianova (City)

Georgia Howitt-Sutton (City)

Alf Timney (City)

Rosalind Seabright (Vikings)

All approves to play in the CKL

Report from Colchester Wildcats, whom
the CKA loaned some posts to:

‘We have
joined the NKA and are in the NKL this season, starting in div 3
but doing pretty well so hopefully div 2 next year. Other than
that Wildcats is going pretty well. We are still a small club of
around 15 members and have quite small numbers at training so we
are now busy recruiting and also running Sportivate funded
sessions in the new year. We got the University of Essex Korfball
Club (Essex Blades) up and running about a month ago. It’s
already got 31 members so it doing very well.

Wildcats finances are pretty tight at
the moment. With low training attendances we don’t always
cover hall fees and have to find other ways of earning the money.
No finance or loaned equipment from the NKA I’m afraid bit
it could be a good idea. Nevertheless we are slowly starting to
buy our own equipment. We managed to raise the funds to buy a
pair of posts we were borrowing from Milton Keynes and some second
hand balls from UEA as well as bibs. We still have a pair of
posts from the CKA which are currently on use at the Uni whilst
they wait for their starter kit to come through.'

SECRETARY:

Nothing to report.

TREASURER:

Accounts attached.
Nothing to report.

FIXTURES:

Nothing to report.

RESULTS:

Laura sent out an updated fixtures
spreadsheet. I have uploaded this to the website.

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT (Vacant):

(Chair) There was no volunteer
forthcoming to manage a CKA team for the Senior Inter-area
competition.

Sara to send one last email to CKA
clubs to see if there are any members that would like to play.

Sara

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT:

REFEREEING:

Nothing to report.

(Chair) The EKA policy on U18 referees,
from Graham Carter is: ‘The guidance in place is that it is
unwise for u16 referees to referee adult korfball, so someone of
age 16 (particularly if keen and preferably accompanied by a more
experienced referee) should not be prevented’

COACHING (Vacant):

PUBLICITY (Vacant):

CPO:

Nothing to report.

1.
CAMBRIDGE CITY ‘20/21ST’
ANNIVERSARY
SUMMER TOURNAMENT

Cambridge City would
like to hold a summer tournament to celebrate their 20/21st
anniversary. There are no other clubs holding a summer
tournament. City will advise the CKA of the date in due course.

City

2.
UNI’S REFEREEING COMMITMENTS FOR NEXT SEASON

(Uni) We are fast realising that after
this year, the squad will be all novices, Ollie Bell aside. As a
result, we won’t have anyone qualified to ref on our behalf
from October onwards. We were hoping to suggest to the CKA, as we
will no longer be in a position to offer up refs, that Uni is not
assigned reffing for next year. We are aware this means other
clubs will have to take on the burden of extra reffing on our
behalf, but we haven’t been able to come up with a solution
to this that doesn’t involve a lot of hassle for us, and
consequently for the people we are assigned to ref for, next
season when we are forced to scrabble to find someone to ref on
our behalf every time.

Committee decision – other CKA
clubs to cover Uni’s reffing commitments next season
however, Uni are to show that they are avidly trying to get ref’s
through their exams, theoretically at least.

3.
EKA DRAFT ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

The
CKA are not opposed in principle to moving to a Company Limited By
Guarantee (CLBG) and can see some advantages.- The CKA do not
agree with the 2nd draft of the articles. The CKA's three most
important 'show stoppers' with the articles are1. Only
affiliated areas and clubs should have votes at generalmeetings.
'Full members' (individuals) should not have votes.2. The
fees, strategy and budget should be set at general meetings.3.
The directors should not have control of the composition of the
board- Even if the intended content of the 2nd draft of the
articles was acceptable, the document is not fit for purpose as
many important areas are unclear and open to interpretation. e.g.
who can vote at general meetings and poll votes********

There
was some discussion about the high threshold (90% of members)
required to call an EGM and it was felt this was probably
unachievable in practice.

City, Lions, Phoenix
and Uni were represented at the meeting, but unfortunately Tigers
and Vikings were not. The CKA would like all its member clubs to
support its position, so please could Tigers and Vikings indicate
if they agree with the above or not.

If we can achieve
consensus, then I plan to send the above to the EKA, adding the
CKA and all of its member clubs to the bottom, this indicating
their support. I also propose to post it on the forums, thus
making it an open letter.

Howard

4.
ENTRANCE TO LIONS' HALL ON FRIDAY MATCH NIGHTS

Due
to recent issues with teams entering the hall when Lions are
trying to prepare the hall for matches, Lions are now putting a
restriction on entry time and this will be 8.15pm for away clubs.

NEXT
MEETING

Lions
have asked if there could be a meeting held either in Littleport
or Ely. The Chair asked Sara (secretary and Lions chair) to
investigate what days were available for all committee members and
clubs. Date to be made for end of February/March

Sara

AOB

Lions
have asked to access the ‘struggling club’ funds as
agreed at the AGM for £100 to go towards recruitment fees.
It was agreed to be place this on the next meeting's agenda.